images and journeys of a searching mind

from the heart~ Yunnan

~mimo~ — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:20 +0000

from the heart~ yunnan~ China

A woman from the Yi ethnic minority with her traditional square hat laughing with all her heart at the market after my friend showed her her image on the camera screen.

Filed under: CHINA, inspiration, old age, old people, Photography, Yunnan

a moment in the life of an Yi little boy~ Yunnan~ China

~mimo~ — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:30:56 +0000

I am just back from a photographic adventure in Yunnan and Sichuan near Lijiang, China. I had the chance to visit the Yi, Mosuo and Naxi minorities in their traditional remote villages. I will be posting a series of portraits from the rich and strange life of the people of that region in the next few weeks.

Filed under: children, CHINA, Yunnan

sometimes to find yourself you have to get a little lost first (Shanghai)

~mimo~ — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:56:58 +0000

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

Thanks again to the 16 rock stars who made our first FYITS workshop a great success! So many good memories and a lot to look forward to in the future!

hanging in the lanes (Shanghai)

~mimo~ — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:14:32 +0000

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

From our first workshop this past weekend in Shanghai. It was a brilliant experience with 16 fantastic people and photographers walking all around the alleys, lanes, parks, tunnels, and streets of the city. A rich experience for us all and new friendships made and grown...
photos from the workshop to follow soon.
On to the next adventure! Join us in Edinburgh and Tokyo!

signs of confusion (Hong Kong)

~mimo~ — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:37:53 +0000

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

We are very excited to announce that our Shanghai workshop happening this coming weekend is fully booked! We are looking forward to an intense weekend of photography with some awesome people!

See you in the streets!

displaced destinies

~mimo~ — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:39:50 +0000

displaced destinies (a child at a migrant school in Shanghai)

Today two good friends and I went for an adventure in a remote Shanghai neighborhood where mostly migrant workers from the provinces live and where their children go to special schools. These are the workers responsible for lifting Shanghai from the ground up to soaring levels with its new high rises and luxury hotels that mushroom at an impressive speed around the jewel of China. The residences are extremely modest and the children struggle to learn as best they can under their current circumstances. On this day the teacher said that they would be celebrating children’s day (normally on June 2nd in China) and strangely enough they pointed out a few of the girls who they consider ‘beautiful’ and explained why they were dressed in party clothes and not the usual school uniform. The declaration of their beauty was done openly in front of all the other students, a concept I found incredibly alien and difficult to understand. “She is the most beautiful girl in the class” the teacher announced loudly, ” and this is why she will be presented on stage today”.

Filed under: children, children's rights, CHINA, human rights, Photography, shanghai, story

The gift of sleep

~mimo~ — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:13:07 +0000

missing the party~ shanghai alley

To be able to shut down, recharge, get rest, anywhere, in any situation, is the gift of sleep.

My shutter click woke her up and I found myself buying water bottles as a form of apology

Filed under: CHINA, life, Photography, shanghai, story, street

Meet us in Edinburgh!

~mimo~ — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:43 +0000

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

Join us in Edinburgh during the time of the most amazing art and music festivals for a two day street photography workshop. We are planning two full days of intensive DSLR as well as mobile photography in a new, fun, and very concentrated way.

See you in the streets!

from the flight deck (Tokyo)

~mimo~ — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:29:54 +0000

Reblogged from Finding yourself in the streets:

People in motion

~mimo~ — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:49:21 +0000

Reblogged from Photographic Punctuation:

Inspired by one of my favourite photographers, Mimo (go check out her Flickr stream - it is so cool), I did a little series of shots, which you can see below, when travelling last month. I wanted to get a low-down perspective of people in motion. Standing on the travelator in Amsterdam's Schipol airport, I was caught by the figure in front of me and how cool he looked travelling along this same travelator as I was on.